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cuba saw significant flooding and, is just now getting power back in some areas after nearly the entire island was plunged into darkness. now this morning, is ethan's world toward tampa, residents woke up to this eerie sight. nearly all the water had receded out of tampa bay. the storm pulled all the water from the shore as it's winds whipped around, counterclockwise, before shoving it back towards land hours later. around the same time, the natural hurricane center increased their predictions for how much storm surge ian will bring. the revised estimates stand 12 to 18 feet along th...

He joins me from miami. i don't know if we have sound on him. jamie, what can you tell us about this storm, which does seem like, well, nearing worst-case scenario in terms of size, speed, and strength? >> it is. the huge size is just spreading the impacts across the florida peninsula. the slow speed is increasing the duration and of the damaging wind rains and the flood potential. look at this radar reflectivity. we're getting estimates of 4 to 5 inches port hour in those heavy winds. >> give us context for that. vessels like a lot and it seems near the high-end of what is physically possible...

Tornado but look at the damage that was caused by this particular tornado. homes ripped right off of their foundation as natalie mentioned a moment ago and reports some of the gas lines there still hissing because they have been severed just by the strength of the wind. i want to show you an area where the tornados occurred. 13 tornados across parts of the u.s. i want to show you a radar image of the greater rochelle area in illinois during the time of the tornado that went through the region. notice that purple ball. that's what we call a debris ball. this is important because that wedge torn...

But the real light pink, that's the intensity of the rain, possibility of hail, and debris. so whenever you see the real bright pinks on the screen, that shows you the radar reflectivity and the intensity of these storms that just really come out of nowhere. take a look at just ahead of that cold front. see how they just come on screen and explode. and that's where we have our severe thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings. several of them. at least a dozen in and around the oklahoma city area. and we are getting reports of damage. and that is a new warning just east of oklahoma city, shepa...